MI: With Roads in Shambles, Regional Transit Remains Tough Sell in Suburbs

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans' bid to get a 1.5-mill property tax increase for transit on the November ballot hinges on winning support from at least one of the two representatives from Macomb and Oakland counties on the Regional Transit Authority board.

A supermajority of seven of nine voting members — and one from each county — is needed to let voters have a chance to consider a 1.5-mill tax increase that would generate $5.4 billion over 20 years for regional mass transportation.

The path to getting this politically controversial plan before voters this fall may lead down one of the most treacherous thoroughfares in Michigan.

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